[MLS] Four teams desperately needing wins to strengthen their playoff chances -- San Jose, Houston, Chicago, New England -- all lost, yet Kansas City stunned the Galaxy, 2-0, at Home Depot Center to give its hopes a shot. Thierry Henry's first MLS goal helped the Red Bulls down San Jose, ... Read the whole story

Jermaine Jones scored for Schalke 04 in its 2-1 loss to visiting Hannover 96 in Germany's Bundesliga. The only other American to score abroad this weekend was Mikkel Diskerud in Stabaek's 3-2 loss to Lillestrom in Norway. FC Gold Pride set a WPS record for goals in a game with ... Read the whole story

[MY VIEW] About a year ago, the coach of a very good MLS team about to play a not-so-good MLS team told a reporter, "Unless the referee does something crazy, there's no way we can lose this game." Read the whole story

[SPAIN There was joy in Barcelona as Lionel Messi needed only four minutes to score his first goal of La Liga season on a sweet lob and send Barca, the defending champion, on its way to a 3-0 win at Racing Santander. But Real Madrid went scoreless in Jose Mourinho's ... Read the whole story

[USL-2] Despite playing the last 61 minutes with 10 players, the Charleston Battery won the United Soccer Leagues Second Division championship in its first season back at the third level of American pro soccer with a 2-1 win over the Richmond Kickers in front of 4,523 at Blackbaud Stadium. Read the whole story

"It's so much easier -- all I have to do is sit in the blocks like Usain Bolt because I know they'll find me."
-- Dane Richards, who scored and assisted in the New York Red Bulls' 2-0 win over San Jose, on playing with new teammates Rafael Marquez and Thierry Henry. (New York Post) ...More

[SCOREBOARD] In the weekend's wildest game, No. 9 Texas
A&M; got three goals from Alyssa
Mautz and beat No. 17 Virginia Tech, 5-3, before 5,560 fans.
Eight Top 25 teams lost to unranked teams this weekend. No. 5 UCLA's 1-0 loss to Northwestern was the Bruins' first loss to an unranked team since 2006. For all the weekend Top 25 game summaries ... ...More